Lost Soul 100k Pre-race Obligatory Post

T-2 Days… That’s a scary thought. But I suppose that was sort of the point. My goal this year was to set big goals, to take a risk and sign up for something big. Now that I’m here, it seems like that was an incredibly stupid idea <<Kidding… mostly>>.

For those of you who haven’t been following, I’m running my third Ultra, the Lost Soul 100k this Friday (FRIDAY!!). I’ve been training really hard all summer, and I don’t possibly think I could have done more to be better prepared. A quick summary by the numbers (not because I think you care, but because it makes me feel better):

June: Ran 295 km’s (recovered from my BQ at the Calgary Marathon)

July: Ran 414 km’s (most I’ve ever run in a month) which included a 70 km’s weekend on the race course, plus logged 8496 m’s of climbing.

August: Ran 353 km’s including a 60k race and a 20 k second LR for a 80k b2b weekend, plus logged over 10000 m’s of climbing.

I know that I will finish this race, I’m certain of that (you know, barring injury or death). I’ll be honest, I do like the hurt, mostly, but it still scares me.

A shout out to Kristina, it was your race last year that inspired me to register this year. I’ve read your race report a few times, and went back and read it again today. It gives me hope that I am more prepared than I think, and that I can finish strong, just like you did! Thanks!

All of this said, here are my goals for Friday.

Enjoy it. Thank the volunteers.

Be present.

Race Smart.

Push myself. Suck it up when things get hard. Move forward.

Be grateful

See you all on the flipside… you can follow along on Instagram or Facebook if you want to see the results shortly after the race.